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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "MICROSOFT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <micro_claim.dept@live.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 13:45:19 -0700
Subject: DEAR EMAIL USER Call Mrs. Fatima Abdulaziz For Your Winning...

>From The Desk of Vice President
2010 Microsoft World Cup Award
Promotions/ Prize Award Department
Johannesburg, South Africa

Dear Winner,

We are happy to announce you as one of the 6 Star/Lucky winners in our 2010 Microsoft World Cup Free Lottery draw held on the 11th of June 2010 at the opening ceremony of the WORLD CUP. Your EMAIL ADDRESS was selected among the 6 Star/Lucky Winners Worldwide for the South African Money Balls Lotteries Promotional Programmed based on the South African 2010 World Cup. Your EMAIL ID attached to LOTTO PIN NO: FL764 WITH BATCH NUMBER MSW-L/200-26937 REFERENCE NUMBER 2010 11TH JUNE has won a total cash of $1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) this is from a total cash prize of $6,000, 000.00 shared among the (6) Lucky winners.

Call Mrs. Fatima Abdulaziz immediately you receive this message and provide this registration number PC0124475ABBEYZA to her, to enable her process your payment. Provide the information listed below to Mrs. Fatima Abdulaziz

(1) YOUR FULL NAMES: ....................................
(2) YOUR ADDRESS: ........................................
(3) COUNTRY: .................................................
(4) NATIONALITY: ...........................................
(5) MOBILE NUMBER: ......................................
(6) AGE: .........................................................
(7) OCCUPATION: ...........................................
(8) AMOUNT WON: .........................................
(9) YOUR EMAIL:............................................
(10) REGISTRATION NUMBER: PC0124475ABBEYZA

The above required details should be sent to:
(Mrs. Fatima Abdulaziz)
South African Fiduciary Claim Agent Office
2nd Floor SABC Universal Building
Auckland Park, 2006 Henley Road.
PHONE: +27-78-150-6854
FAX: +27-86-513-5841
E-MAIL: micro_claim.dept@live.com

Our special thanks and gratitude to Bill Gates and his Associates. We wish you the best of luck. Thank you for being part of our promotional award program and commemorative Anniversary Draws.

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